Institut für Molekulare Evolution

The autotrophic core: An ancient network of 404 reactions converts H₂, CO₂, and NH₃ into amino acids, bases, and cofactors

Microorganisms 9:458 (2021)

doi: 10.3390/microorganisms9020458

The origin of symbiogenesis: An annotated English translation of Mereschkowky's 1910 paper on the theory of two plasma lineages

Biosystems 199:104281 (2021)

doi: 10.1016/j.biosystems.2020.104281

Martina Preiner's research was quoted in Nature:

The water paradox and the origins of life

Mitochondria and Anaerobic Energy Metabolism in Eukaryotes

De Gruyter (2021)

doi: 10.1515/9783110612417

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Anomalous phylogenetic behavior of ribosomal proteins in metagenome assembled asgard archaea

Genome Biol Evol (2020)

doi: 10.1093/gbe/evaa238

A spectrum of verticality across genes

PLoS Genet 16:e1009200 (2020)

doi: 10.1371/journal.pgen.1009200

Maria Handrich successfully finished her doctorate with the thesis entitled

"Vergleichende Analyse von Lichtschutzmechanismen in 6 verschiedenen Repräsentanten der Archaeplastida".

Phylogenetic analyses with systematic taxon sampling show that mitochondria branch within Alphaproteobacteria

Nat Ecol Evol (2020)

doi: 10.1038/s41559-020-1239-x

Behind the paper: A call for super caution in phylogenetic studies on the origin of mitochondria

Congratulations to Shijulal Nelson-Sathi, a former PhD Student and Postdoc from our institute, who has been selected as Scientist C (equivalent to Assistant Professor) at the Rajiv Gandhi Centre for Biotechnology (RGCB) in Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, India.  

Older than genes: The acetyl CoA pathway and origins

Front Microbiol 11:817 (2020)

doi: 10.3389/fmicb.2020.00817

Madeline Weiß successfully finished her doctorate with the thesis entitled

"Phylogenetische Analyse prokaryotischer Genome zur Rekonstruktion des letzten gemeinsamen Vorfahrens der Prokaryoten".

Autocatalytic chemical networks at the origin of metabolism

Proc R Soc B 287:20192377 (2020)

doi: 10.1098/rspb.2019.2377

Bacterial genes outnumber archaeal genes in eukaryotic genomes

Genome Biol Evol (2020)

doi: 10.1093/gbe/evaa047

Science published an article about William Martin's latest paper in Nature Ecology and Evolution:

Was this life’s first meal?

A hydrogen-dependent geochemical analogue of primordial carbon and energy metabolism

Nat Ecol Evol (2020)

doi: 10.1038/s41559-020-1125-6

Physiological limits to life in anoxic subseafloor sediment

FEMS Microbiol Rev (2020)

doi: 10.1093/femsre/fuaa004

Martina Preiner successfully finished her doctorate with the thesis entitled

"The abiotic pattern of biotic CO₂ fixation in early metabolism".